Myanmar arts business booms after digital transformation


U Tin Win, a prominent artist and owner of the Beikthano Gallery. - AsiaArtConnect1/Twitter

YANGON (Xinhua): With middle-class people in Myanmar turning to collecting paintings as an investment, the country's arts sales are seeing a resurgence that has not been seen in decades, not through traditional sales at exhibitions but in online transactions using digital banking.

"Thanks to the digital banking payment system amid limitations in the banking industry, the online sales have become popular, attracting local collectors," said U Tin Win, a 71-year-old prominent artist and owner of the Beikthano Gallery in Yangon.

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